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Asian American+Pacific Islander Heritage Month (2024)
To celebrate our new partnership with Bookshop.org, Golden Libraries will be featuring an AAPI Heritage Month book every day. Two things:
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New Release: “Wild Dreamers” by Margarita Engle (4/23/2024)
Margarita Engle may well be the most awarded children’s and YA author in California, with, according to TeachingBooks.net, 172 awards and distinctions. “Wild Dreamers” is the latest book by the Cuban-American author Engle. As has […]
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“Turtles All the Way Down” to air on MAX on May 2, 2024
“Turtles All the Way Down,” written by author John Green, has become a movie that will begin streaming on Thursday, May 2. This book, published in 2017, has won a number of awards including YALSA […]
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California State Library 2023 Annual Report Released
Our Annual Report is available online now! We had a busy 2023, and we’re looking forward to spending the rest of 2024 and beyond serving the people of California. Read the report at library.ca.gov/press!
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What Am I Reading?: “The Librarian Spy”
I have lately been reading books related to libraries and/or booksellers. A disproportionate number of these books are related to World War II. Why? No earthly idea. It does make me think that I should […]
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The Ten Most Banned Books of 2023
The American Library Association (ALA) has released its list of the ten most banned books for last year. The numbers of books that are banned each year continues to rise. The short version: there was […]
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Raymond Pun elected 2024-2025 ALA President Elect
From an ALA email announcement: “Raymond Pun, Academic and Research Librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education in California, has been elected 2024-2025 president-elect of the American Library Association (ALA) by ALA members. He […]
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“Restore $3.2 Million to the California State Library for Online Tutoring”
From an EveryLibrary email: We need your help to Restore $3.2 million to the California State Library’s FY2024-25 budget for online tutoring services through public libraries. It’s an incredibly impactful program that the California State […]